Prevalence of daily fruit and vegetable intake by socio-economic characteristics, women’s empowerment, and climate zone: an ecological study in Latin American cities by Giovanna Valentino, Amy H. Auchincloss, Binod Acharya, Natalia Tumas, Nancy López-Olmedo, Ana Ortigoza, Mariana Carvalho de Menezes, María Fernanda Kroker-Lobos, Carolina Nazzal

“…The median prevalence for daily F&V intake was 55.7% across all cities (22.1% to 85.4%). Compared to the least favourable tertile of city conditions, F&V daily intake prevalence was higher for cities within the most favourable tertile of per capita GDP (median = 65.7% vs. 53.0%), labour force participation (median = 68.7% vs. 49.4%), women achievement-labour force score (median = 63.9% vs. 45.7%), and gender inequality index (median = 58.6% vs. 48.6%). …”
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Healthy lifestyle before and during pregnancy to prevent childhood obesity: study protocol for a parallel group randomised trial — the PRE-STORK trial by Tina Vilsbøll, Signe S Torekov, Julie Lyng Forman, Romain Barrès, Andreas Andersen, Filip K Knop, Signe Foghsgaard, Klaus Bønnelykke, Thomas Bergholt, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Christina Anne Vinter, Majken Lillholm Pico, Louise Groth Grunnet, Nina Kornerup, Julie Hagstrøm Danielsen, Ronni Eg Sahl, Mette Yun Johansen, Louise Kelstrup, Nida Ghauri, Emilie Grønlund, Lærke Lund

“…Children conceived during the trial will constitute a birth cohort, monitoring the effects on their health until the age of 18 years.Ethics and dissemination The trial has been approved by the Regional Committee on Health Research Ethics in the Capital Region of Denmark (identification number H-22011403) and will be conducted in agreement with the Declaration of Helsinki. All results, whether positive, negative and inconclusive, will be disseminated at national or international scientific meetings and in peer-reviewed scientific journals.Trial registration number ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05578690 (October 2022).…”
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Outcomes of patients after successful left ventricular assist device explantation: a EUROMACS study by Christiaan F.J. Antonides, Felix Schoenrath, Theo M.M.H. deBy, Rahatullah Muslem, Kevin Veen, Yunus C. Yalcin, Ivan Netuka, Jan Gummert, Evgenij V. Potapov, Bart Meyns, Mustafa Özbaran, David Schibilsky, Kadir Caliskan, the EUROMACS investigators

“…Methods and results An analysis of the European Registry for Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support was performed to identify all adult patients with myocardial recovery and successful explantation. …”
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Meta Analysis of the Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture for Ankylosing Spondylitis by Ping LI, Yinjie WANG, Jigang TIAN

“…Bi-categorized variables were represented by risk rate(<italic>RR</italic>)or odds ratio(<italic>OR</italic>)and its 95%confidence interval(<italic>CI</italic>)and continuous variables were represented by weighted mean difference(<italic>MD</italic>)and its 95%<italic>CI</italic>.Results:Finally, 11 clinical randomized controlled trials were included. All of them were Chinese literatures. A total of 767 participants involving 395 patients were included in the trial group and 372 patients in the control group. …”
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Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of ciprofol after continuous infusion in elderly patients by Xiaowen Guo, Yang Qiao, Sijie Yin, Fengqin Luo, Lingmei Yi, Jiajia Chen, Man Lu

“…The pre-registration date was June 20, 2021, and the review approval and official case solicitation began in December 2021; Retrospectively registered) was conducted in accordance with the World Medical Congress Declaration of Helsinki and Good Clinical Practice guidelines. All study subjects provided written informed consent.…”
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The growth diversity of preterm infants at 0–36 months corrected age in China: a real-world observational study by Xia Wang, Xia Wang, Shuwen Feng, Shuwen Feng, Pu Yang, Pu Yang, Yuxin Wang, Cong Wei, Junwen Zheng, Pin Liu, Lihong Liao, Xiao Yang, Peibin Xu, Junmei Bian, Xiaoping Luo, Yuanzhen Zhang, Dongchi Zhao, Dongchi Zhao

“…When evaluated by term birth weight, we found that the proportions of extrauterine growth retardation at a PMA of 40 weeks were all above 10% in the GA ≤34-week groups and reached between 17.19% and 55.56% in very preterm infants (VPIs). …”
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Insulin-Sensitizing Properties of Decoctions from Leaves, Stems, and Roots of <i>Cucumis prophetarum</i> L. by Zewdie Mekonnen, Giuseppe Petito, Getasew Shitaye, Gianluca D’Abrosca, Belete Adefris Legesse, Sisay Addisu, Maurizio Ragni, Antonia Lanni, Roberto Fattorusso, Carla Isernia, Lara Comune, Simona Piccolella, Severina Pacifico, Rosalba Senese, Gaetano Malgieri, Solomon Tebeje Gizaw

“…., insulin receptor substrate (IRS-1), protein kinase B (PKB/AKT), and glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3β), which have gained considerable attention from scientists for the treatment of diabetes. Under all conditions tested, the three decoctions showed low cytotoxicity. …”
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A 4-Week Mobile App–Based Telerehabilitation Program vs Conventional In-Person Rehabilitation in Older Adults With Sarcopenia: Randomized Controlled Trial by Lu Zhang, Ying Ge, Wowa Zhao, Xuan Shu, Lin Kang, Qiumei Wang, Ying Liu

“…Between-group comparisons revealed no significant differences in changes in all indicators. ConclusionsA 4-week remote resistance training program is effective in improving strength, balance, and the IADL in older adults with sarcopenia, with effects comparable to rehabilitation supervised by a physical therapist. …”
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Large language models for pretreatment education in pediatric radiation oncology: A comparative evaluation study by Dominik Wawrzuta, Aleksandra Napieralska, Katarzyna Ludwikowska, Laimonas Jaruševičius, Anastasija Trofimoviča-Krasnorucka, Gints Rausis, Agata Szulc, Katarzyna Pędziwiatr, Kateřina Poláchová, Justyna Klejdysz, Marzanna Chojnacka

“…Inadequate responses were rare, occurring in 4% of GPT-generated responses across all models, primarily due to GPT-3.5 generating excessively long responses. …”
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Predictors of Colorectal Cancer Screening and Screening Modalities among Patients seen at Federally Qualified Health Centers Funded by the United States Health Resources and Servic... by Megan R.M. Aaronson, Nadereh Pourat, Connie Lu, Jayraan Badiee, Helen Yu-Lefler, Benjamin Picillo, Hank Hoang, Folasade P. May

“…We observed that patients who are non-Hispanic Black (aOR = 3.52, 95 %CI = 1.28–9.68) and who do not speak English well or at all (aOR = 5.54, 95 %CI = 1.64–18.75) reported having multiple modalities. …”
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The anti-PD-L1/CTLA-4 bispecific antibody KN046 plus lenvatinib in advanced unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase II trial by Da Xu, Hongwei Wang, Quan Bao, Kemin Jin, Ming Liu, Wei Liu, Xiaoluan Yan, Lijun Wang, Yanqiao Zhang, Guangyu Wang, Yue Ma, Zhigang Ma, Chunhui Zhang, Jiebing Tang, Sha Wang, Jiaohui Pang, Ting Xu, Kun Wang, Baocai Xing

“…Five (9.1%) participants discontinued treatment due to TRAEs, all of which were grade 1-2. The ORR was 45.5% (95% CI, 31.97-59.45). …”
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Interventions for the management of post-COVID-19 condition (long COVID): protocol for a living systematic review and network meta-analysis by Paul Garner, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Jason W Busse, Dena Zeraatkar, Thomas Agoritsas, Ariel Izcovich, Tari Turner, Lyn Turkstra, Roger S McIntyre, Rachel J Couban, Tyler Pitre, Sarah Kirsh, Tanvir Jassal, Michael Ling, Samantha Chakraborty, Signe A Flottorp

“…Therefore, the study is exempt from ethics review. We intend to deposit all data in a public repository and publish each iteration of the living review online.…”
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Perceived healthiness of sugary drinks and related social norms among adults in five countries: evidence from the International Food Policy Study by Virginie Drolet-Labelle, Christine M. White, Jean Adams, Sharon I. Kirkpatrick, Alejandra Jáuregui, Lilia S. Pedraza, Véronique Provencher, Gary Sacks, James F. Thrasher, Gabriela C. Armendariz, Simón Barquera, David Hammond, Lana Vanderlee

“…Results Energy drinks, regular soft drinks, and diet soft drinks were most frequently perceived as unhealthy in all countries, while water and 100% juice were least frequently perceived as unhealthy. …”
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A compilation of surface inherent optical properties and phytoplankton pigment concentrations from the Atlantic Meridional Transect by T. M. Jordan, G. Dall'Olmo, G. Tilstone, R. J. W. Brewin, F. Nencioli, R. Airs, C. S. Thomas, L. Schlüter

“…Additionally, to stimulate further investigation of accessory pigment extraction from <span class="inline-formula"><i>a</i>_p(<i>λ</i>)</span>, we quantify pigment correlation matrices and identify spectral characteristics of end-member <span class="inline-formula"><i>a</i>_p(<i>λ</i>)</span> spectra, where accessory pigment groupings are present in higher concentrations relative to Tot_Chl_a. All data are made publicly available in SeaBASS and NetCDF formats via the following links: <span class="uri">https://seabass.gsfc.nasa.gov/archive/PML/AMT</span> <span class="cit" id="xref_paren.1">(<a href="#bib1.bibx37">Jordan et al.…”
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Clinical Observation of Auricular Acupressure Combined with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Nicotine Dependence by KUANG Hongjun, FU Shanshan, HUANG Qian, YANG Layuan, YUAN Yangyang, YUAN Nan, LIU Minquan, TANG Jian, FANG Chuang, ZHONG Feng

“…Before treatment and 2, 4 weeks after treatment, the smoking frequency a day, Fagerström test of nicotine dependence (FTND) score, the questionnaire of smoking urges (QSU) score, Minnesota nicotine withdrawal scale (MNWS) score and the concentration of cotinine in urine were observed in all three groups.ResultsThere was no significant difference in daily smoking frequency, FTND score, QSU score, MNWS score and cotinine concentration in urine before treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Advanced Fractional Mathematics, Fractional Calculus, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence with Applications in Complex Chaotic Systems by Dumitru Baleanu, Yeliz Karaca

“…The complexity definitions need to be weighed over different data offering a highly extensive applicability spectrum with more practicality and convenience owing to the fact that the respective processes lie in the concrete mathematical foundations, which all may as well indicate that the methods are required to be examined thoroughly regarding their mathematical foundation along with the related methods to be applied. …”
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Two-stage surgical treatment of cataracts with weakness of the lenticular zonular apparatus and uncompensated glaucoma by E.A. Ivachev, S.A. Kochergin

“…</p> <p> <b>Patients and Methods: </b>all the patients were divided into 3 groups: Group 1 (n=24) - the first stage was trabeculectomy, the second one represented phacoemulsification with an intraocular lens (IOL) implantation; Group 2 (n=29) initially underwent lensectomy followed by trabeculectomy; Group 3 (n=39) experienced lensectomy and, then, trabeculectomy as per the proposed technique. …”
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Anlotinib in combination with metronomic chemotherapy in HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer: an observational and retrospective study by Jiaxuan Liu, Jiayang Zhang, Huiping Li, Guohong Song, Lijun Di, Hanfang Jiang, Ying Yan, Huan Wang, Jing Wang, Xiaoran Liu, Bin Shao, Qiao Li

“…The patients with hormone receptor (HR) positive (5.3 vs. 7.7 months, P = 0.004, HR = 0.206) and pathologic grade 1 or 2 (6.2 vs. 3.2 months, P = 0.020, HR = 3.882) had significantly longer OS. The incidence of all grades adverse events (AEs) was 56.3% (27/48) and grade 3–4 AEs was 12.5% (6/48). …”
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Psychometric properties and meaningful change thresholds for the QOL-E instrument in patients with myelodysplastic neoplasms by Esther Natalie Oliva, Shien Guo, Jennifer Lord-Bessen, Aylin Yucel, Roberto Latagliata, Massimo Breccia, Giuseppe A. Palumbo, Grazia Sanpaolo, Marta Riva, Valeria Santini, Uwe Platzbecker, Guillermo Garcia-Manero, Pierre Fenaux, Christopher G. Pelligra

“…MWPC thresholds were proposed for all other domains and summary scores.ConclusionThe study results demonstrate that the QOL-E is generally fit for purpose to assess treatment effects in populations with LR-MDS and the proposed MWPC thresholds can be used to assess within-patient treatment effect on PROs, as assessed by the QOL-E, in future studies.…”
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Jumlah Telur Aedes Spp yang Terperangkap di Kelurahan Jati Kota Padang by Gusti Rati, Hasmiwati ., Erlina Rustam

“…Dengue is one of the infectious diseases that the number of sufferers tend to increase and has wider dissemination.The solution to decrease the spread of dengue is by control the vector by using Ovitrap.The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of various media ovitrap on the number of Aedes spp eggs trapped.This research was a quasi experimental with post test only design. Population were all Aedes spp eggs trapped in ovitrap , samples were taken from 10 homes with  6 times repeatation. …”
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